Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!
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'Go', is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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There was no punctuation until the 15th century.
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